It started with a summer by the lake. The kind of love that feels like home; unexpected, deep, and all-consuming. But what happens when real life asks you to choose between the person you love... and the future you always imagined? Clara Welles thought she had time. Time to figure herself out, time to chase her dreams, time to come back. Caleb Dawson thought love would be enough. But when silence grows louder than words, even forever can fall apart. The Things We Can't Say is a heart-wrenching story about love, timing, and the invisible weight of what we leave unsaid. For anyone who's ever loved deeply, lost quietly, or wondered if they should've fought harder, this story is for you. Because sometimes, the hardest part isn't the goodbye.

When Nate Parker comes into her life, Sofie Meyer knew she's ready to open up and love for the first time. A talented artist, she had enrolled herself at NYU as a Fine Arts student, hoping somday to be able to open up her own art gallery and to touch and inspire lives of others. She takes no chances in love, because she was traumatized by her parents' divorce, thinking if she enters into a relationship, it'll only end like her parents'. Then, during a visit to her dad's house at Lexington, NC, during summer break, she met Nate Parker, the man of her dreams. The attraction was mutual and quickly grows into the kind of love that Sofie could never had imagined. But neither of them can foresee that something was about to change. Like so many men and women, Sofie must choose between love and going away to follow her dreams. Now, when she finally returns to North Carolina, Sofie will discover how love can transform everyone in ways we never could have imagined.